Sarah Quand Même
Sarah Bernhardt’s life inspires a thousand stories in her ascent to greatness - her daring as Hamlet or the world’s first film star, her exotic menageries or the amputation of a leg – yet SARAH Quand Même is Sarah’s untold story from the inside
"There are three acts inside a woman: feeling, fight, flight!"
From her first to final performance, her legendary London tours and world-wide successes and scandals, Sarah is revealed as the world’s first (in)famously independent woman - and its most misunderstood. Faced with being cancelled, and vilified for her difference, Sarah lived by her vow:
“Quand Même!” (“No matter what! Despite all!”)
Susie’s stage credits include: Six Characters In Search of An Author (Sydney Opera House); Sons Of Cain; The Admirable Crichton; Prin and The Deep Blue Sea (West End). Other stage credits include: Cosi; A Dolls House; L’Aide-Memoire; Hilda; Hammerklavier (by and as Yasmina Reza); Madame Melville; 4.48 Psychosis; The Marvelous Boy; Paris Letter; Sweet Phoebe; Poster Girl; The Marriage Of Figaro; The Imaginary Invalid; Prevail and Happy As Larry And Viv.
Susie originated the role of Vivien Leigh in Letter To Larry by Donald Macdonald (Paris, London, Atlanta).
Screen credits include: Oscar/BAFTA winning Howards End; the Prix Europa winning Catherine; Penguin Award winning Palace of Dreams; Melba; Robbery Under Arms; Maigret (opposite Michael Gambon); Let Them Eat Cake (with French and Saunders) and Top Of The Lake (for Jane Campion).
As Writer, her first play Persephone (“Greek myth a hit!” SMH) was also adapted for screen, winning Gold for Best Independent at the Charleston International Film Festival. SARAH Quand Même is Susie’s third play, following A gap E. Her screenplays include: Passe Partout; A***Memoire and Viv…
- ISBN-13
- 9781915533234
- Publisher
- Playdead Press
- Imprint
- Playdead Press
- Publication date
- 20 February 2024
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 73
- Dimensions
- 197 x 132 mm
- Language
- English